On 2008-09-25, Lin Tan <lintan2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Mutt eats the tabs (replaces them with blanks) in my email. How > can I configure mutt to keep the whitespaces such as tabs intact? No, it doesn't. At least not in my experience. Are you observing this in mail that you send from mutt, or in mail that you read using mutt? What are you doing when you observe spaces where you think there should be tabs? Regards, Gary